From eating disorder to anti-diet advocate: the journey of recovering from wellness culture with Laury Raiken

In this episode we chat with Laury Raiken, a yoga instructor, personal trainer, mom to two young kids, and an eating disorder survivor. Laury shares her experience as a teen recovering from an eating disorder, and her years working in the health & wellness industry. She describes her journey from being entrenched in diet mentality and wellness culture to being an advocate for intuitive eating and the anti-diet movement. Laury gives real-life examples of the sneaky ways diet culture has shape-shifted over the years, and how we can be gentle with ourselves in the process of unlearning its toxic messages.

Show notes:

Laury's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauryannraik/

Food Psych Podast: https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych

Ellyn Satter's the Division of Responsibility: https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/how-to-feed/the-division-of-responsibility-in-feeding/

Ashley Seruya (Instagram: @cozibae) on pseudo-recovery: https://www.instagram.com/p/BzBThAzl7pN/

Diet culture is like an onion (from @foodandfearless): https://www.instagram.com/p/BnhraibFtoL/?igshid=nvw16b4ig15x